Standard Equipment
All our yachts are privately owned and each one has the owner’s personal choice of equipment on board. However, all boats comply with the MCA Code of Practice. Our standard inventory is listed below but most yachts have additional equipment, listed in the individual yacht’s specification:
| Safety | Domestic | Navigation | Miscellaneous |
| Liferaft | Crockery/cutlery | Current Almanac | Main anchor |
| Lifejackets (crew +2) | Glasses | Speed/wind/depth log & echo sounder | Kedge anchor |
| Child Lifejackets (on request) | Mugs | VHF | Boat hook |
| Safety harnesses | Cheese grater | Charts and folios for the local area | Fenders & warps |
| Flares | Cooking utensils | GPS | Dinghy/pump/oars |
| Fire extinguishers | Saucepans/frying pan | Handheld compass | Bosun’s chair |
| Fire blanket | Kettle & teapot | Clock & barometer | Tool kit |
| Smoke and gas detectors | Cafetiere | Steering compass | Engine spares |
| Foghorn | Chopping board | Deviation card | Spare fuel and water cans |
| Lifebuoys and Danbuoy | Tin opener/Bottle opener and corkscrew | Binoculars | Ship’s documents |
| Emergency tiller | Cooking implements | Domestic radio/CD | Boat manual |
| Emergency VHF Aerial | Tea towels x 2 | Q & courtesy flags | Instruction manuals |
| Bilge pumps | Washing up materials | Wind/depth instrument | Shore power connection |
| Radar reflector | Washing up liquid | Emergency lights | Spare batteries, bulbs and fuses |
| Torches | Cleaning materials | Navigation materials | Repair kits |
| Searchlight | Dustpan & brush | Portland plotter | Storm jib |
| Full first aid kit and book | Clothes pegs | Pencils & rubber | Motoring & anchor ball |
| Daily first aid kit | Pillows & pillow cases | Notepad | Water hose and connector |
| Handheld VHF | Gas bottle & spare | Socket adapters (where applicable) | |
| Toilet rolls & kitchen roll | |||
| Matches | |||
| Bedding available for hire |
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
My family and I had a great charter experience recently thanks to Alex, Andy and the whole team. Well maintained boat, friendly service and advice. We plan to charter again next year with them.
Alex, Becca and the team could not have been more helpful considering we called them at 4:45 Tuesday for a boat on Wednesday, another charter company had let us down at the last minute. Check-out and back in was well organized and we had a great 3 days sailing.
As a family, including our 4 year old Labrador, we recently chartered a 'bareboat' yacht from Hamble Point Charters for 7 days to cruise the Solent. The company were fantastic from our first enquiry to handing back the boat. The yacht was clean and well presented. A great week and we will happily use them again!
We have just had another wonderful week on a yacht we chartered from Hamble Point Yacht Charters. We have sailed several of their boats, this time it was a lovely 35 foot Bavaria. Chartering from HPYC is always an easy choice for us: the boats are well maintained, support is excellent, and the staff are always super friendly and helpful. On top of that, Hamble Point is such an ideal starting location for sailing around the Solent.
This is truly a 5 * service. The team really looked after us both ashore on arrival and also while at sea. We were a relatively inexperienced crew but always felt the team ashore had our backs. Thoroughly recommended.
I just wanted to say Thank-you very much for the weekend charter. It was exactly what we were after (albeit cold!) plus Andy was an awesome teacher and great company. We’ll definitely be keen to book again soon!
We had a fabulous four days. Marina is ideally placed for the Solent, boat was in great condition, well equipped and a joy to sail. We were well briefed and the shore side team including the dog very friendly.
We charted one of the sailing yachts for a fantastic weekend cruise in the Solent. The boat was in superb condition and well equipped, the staff was very helpful explaining how things work on the yacht and there was also a video available with all the important information. 10/10 would recommend!
Had a fantastic week chartering Blue Otter, Alex was incredibly helpful and sent loads of information and date checking prior to booking. There was a handover video and both the handover and return were really smooth. The boat was lovely and well maintained and Lee was really helpful in recommending places to visit (and helping identify the steering issue as an autopilot takeover - doh!). Definitely will be back and would fully recommend!
Just back from a lovely week in the Solent. Great service from HPYC from first inquiry through to return handover. Very straightforward to deal with, and the yacht was in excellent condition. We've chartered from many companies in the UK and abroad and the attention to detail (and flawless inventory!) was second to none. Everything about the yacht and equipment had clearly been well looked after and was in immaculate condition. Great service, will use again.
Always very friendly service, and well-maintained yachts. Easy check-in and checkout. Will be back...
We had a great time and were very happy with everything. Your team were genuinely friendly and were very helpful when we needed it. Is a big contrast to many charter companies I have dealt with in the past.
Watching the sun go down with a glass of bubbly on the deck of a sparkling yacht was unbelievable. What a treat, and a much needed change of scenery in these troubled times. We will be back for sure
Fab service, nothing too much trouble, including my daft questions. I'll be a repeat customer for sure!
We had a great time sailing with Lee for a few days at the beginning of September. Hamble Point Yacht Charters supplied us an impeccable 45 ft Hanse yacht, which was handled with complete mastery by Captain Lee.It was a privilege to sail with Lee, who is clearly a highly skilled professional taking great pride in his work ... but who is also a fantastic character with a great sense of humour and plenty of fun stories to keep the whole family entertained. He balances the serious side of safety and learning about sailing with a whopping dose of amusement and good cheer. We sailed the Solent in some decent seas, visited Bucklers Hard on the banks of the Beaulieu River and learned lots about British nautical history. Our boys started somewhat of a fishing trend catching bass off the back of the boat in Portsmouth and we would love to sail with Lee again in the future.The man truly knows his stuff, maintained the boat impeccably and went to every effort to ensure that we had a great time. Many thanks to “Shippers” and Hamble Point Charters. We’ll be back.